Fuel Prices Sri Lanka - Revision history

Ranisha at 12:52, 23 September 2014

2014-09-23T12:52:32Z

Armin Wagner at 11:22, 15 April 2013

2013-04-15T11:22:16Z

Armin Wagner at 12:53, 26 March 2013

2013-03-26T12:53:28Z

Armin Wagner at 15:29, 13 February 2013

2013-02-13T15:29:31Z

Tai Becker at 15:29, 11 December 2012

2012-12-11T15:29:10Z

Tai Becker: Protected "Fuel Prices Sri Lanka" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)) [cascading]

2012-12-04T10:55:38Z

Protected "Fuel Prices Sri Lanka" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)) [cascading]

Ingmar Schlecht: 1 revision

2012-12-02T17:34:18Z

1 revision

Tai Becker at 16:55, 14 November 2012

2012-11-14T16:55:29Z

New page

{{Fuel Price Factsheet
|Fuel Price Country=Sri Lanka
|Fuel Currency=LKR
|Fuel Price Exchange Rate=111.543
|Fuel Price Exchanre Rate Date=2010/11/17
|Fuel Price Last Updated=
|Fuel Price Composition Date=
|Fuel Price Composition Annotation=No information available.
|Fuel Pricing Policies=There are only two major fuel distribution companies in Sri Lanka: Ceylon Petroleum Company (CPC) and Lanka IOC, a subsidiary of Indian Oil Company.

In 2002, Sri Lanka introduces a fuel price formula, updating prices monthly and following international prices. A few years later, this formula was abandoned by a new president. In 2007, the government decided to re-install a fuel price formula (→App. A1). However, also this formula did not last long, being rejected through Sri Lankas Supreme Court in late 2008 (→App. A2, A4).

As of May 2011, still no fuel price formula came into effect again. Prices are set by CPC, in accordance with the government, changing only a few times a year. However, several experts and politicians strongly recommend installing a formula again, to prevent oil companies from having huge losses and also the customers from the intransparent arbitrariness of fuel pricing (→App. A3).

CPC publishes fuel prices incl. historic fuel prices on their website (www.ceypetco.gov.lk).

No further official information could be found, hints welcome!
|Fuel Matrix Price Level=2
|Fuel Matrix Pricing Mechanism=2
|Fuel Transparency Price Composition=1
|Fuel Transparency Pricing Mechanism=2
}}
{{Fuel Price Factsheet Source
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Pump prices and margins
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.ceypetco.gov.lk/Marketing.htm
}}
{{Fuel Price Factsheet Source
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Pump prices and margins
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.ceypetco.gov.lk/History.htm
}}
{{Fuel Price Factsheet Source
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Other Information
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.ceypetco.gov.lk/
}}

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:52, 23 September 2014
Line 37:		Line 37:
	\|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.ceypetco.gov.lk/		\|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.ceypetco.gov.lk/
	}}		}}
		+
		+	[[Category:Sri_Lanka]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Fuel Price Factsheet
 |Fuel Price Country=Sri Lanka
-|Fuel Pricing Policies=“Pricing policy: Following a balance-of-payment crisis, government adopted a pricing formula, which was abandoned in 2004. The formula was revived in Jul 2007 for two months before it was abandoned again. LPG price increases require prior authorization by Consumer Affairs Authority. Government sets base prices, uniform throughout the country, of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene sold by Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is free to set its prices, but given that CPC controls two thirds of the market and is the price setter, CPC’s prices effectively limit Lanka IOC’s price movement. The VAT on gasoline was reduced from 15% to 5% in Jan 2008 and then increased to 12% in Jan 2009. CPC did not adjust prices in 2010, except that of subsidized fuel oil supplied to Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). CPC froze prices of other fuels between Dec 2009 and April 2011. CPC made only two price adjustments (both increases) in 2011 and two in 2012, the second one of which in Dec involved a price increase only for 90 RON gasoline. Import duties are frequently reduced or waived, particularly on gasoline, to compensate oil companies for losses suffered. Social Responsibility Levy and VAT on gasoline imports were removed in 2010. Government increased the prices of gasoline (by 9%), diesel (37%), kerosene (49%), and fuel oil (80%) in Feb 2012. Although the price of fuel oil sold to CEB was raised by 50% in Feb 2012, it remains subsidized.
+|Fuel Pricing Policies=“Pricing policy: Following a balance-of-payment crisis, government adopted a pricing formula, which was abandoned in 2004. The formula was revived in Jul 2007 for two months before it was abandoned again. LPG price increases require prior authorization by Consumer Affairs Authority. Government sets base prices, uniform throughout the country, of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene sold by Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is free to set its prices, but given that CPC controls two-thirds of the market and is the price setter, CPC’s prices effectively limit Lanka IOC’s price movement. The VAT on gasoline was reduced from 15% to 5% in Jan 2008 and then increased to 12% in Jan 2009. CPC did not adjust prices in 2010, except that of subsidized fuel oil supplied to Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). CPC froze prices of other fuels between Dec 2009 and April 2011. CPC made only two price adjustments (both increases) in 2011 and two in 2012, the second one of which in Dec involved a price increase only for 90 RON gasoline. Import duties are frequently reduced or waived, particularly on gasoline, to compensate oil companies for losses suffered. Social Responsibility Levy and VAT on gasoline imports were removed in 2010. Government increased the prices of gasoline (by 9%), diesel (37%), kerosene (49%), and fuel oil (80%) in Feb 2012. Although the price of fuel oil sold to CEB was raised by 50% in Feb 2012, it remains subsidized.
-−
 Protests: The large price increases in Feb 2012 sparked protests. Some private bus operators stopped operating, and violence broke out when fishermen protested, killing one.
 Social protection: The national poverty alleviation program, Samurdhi, provides a monthly allowance for kerosene to households without electricity, raised from SL Rs 100 (US$0.85) to SL Rs 200 (US$1.71) in February 2012.
-−
 Compensation: Following a 37% price increase, government in Feb 2012 agreed to provide 50 liters of fuel per day to short-distance buses and 80 liters to long-distance buses at the old diesel price. In addition, SL Rs 1,550 (US$13) will be provided to each short-distance private bus owner and SL Rs 2,480 (US$21) to each long-distance private bus owner. Government also granted per-liter subsidies of SL Rs 25 (US$0.21) and SL Rs 12 (US$0.10) to fishing boats fueled by kerosene and diesel, respectively.
-Hedging: CPC entered into a series of contracts to hedge a portion of its oil imports beginning in 2007, increasing the amount hedged over time to about one third of oil imports. Lanka IOC also hedged. As long as oil prices were rising, hedging was advantageous, but hedging proved to be extremely costly once oil prices began to crash in the last few months of 2008. In the end, Sri Lanka’s treasury was exposed to about US$464 million in claims from three foreign and two local banks. The perception that the hedging deals were unfairly structured and that the public was being asked to pay for the hedging losses through higher retail prices and not benefiting from falling oil prices rapidly gained wide acceptance, and petitions to that effect were filed. The cabinet appointed a risk management committee to review all hedging contracts and to minimize the losses in Nov 2008. The supreme court ordered a temporary suspension of the CPC chairman and payments to the banks until two petitions, alleging fraud and corruption in the hedging deals, had been dealt with. The supreme court ordered the treasury to handle fuel imports between Dec 2008 and Nov 2009. Lanka IOC also reported losses from hedging.
+Hedging: CPC entered into a series of contracts to hedge a portion of its oil imports beginning in 2007, increasing the amount hedged over time to about one-third of oil imports. Lanka IOC also hedged. As long as oil prices were rising, hedging was advantageous, but hedging proved to be extremely costly once oil prices began to crash in the last few months of 2008. In the end, Sri Lanka’s treasury was exposed to about US$464 million in claims from three foreign and two local banks. The perception that the hedging deals were unfairly structured and that the public was being asked to pay for the hedging losses through higher retail prices and not benefiting from falling oil prices rapidly gained wide acceptance, and petitions to that effect were filed. The cabinet appointed a risk management committee to review all hedging contracts and to minimize the losses in Nov 2008. The supreme court ordered a temporary suspension of the CPC chairman and payments to the banks until two petitions, alleging fraud and corruption in the hedging deals, had been dealt with. The supreme court ordered the treasury to handle fuel imports between Dec 2008 and Nov 2009. Lanka IOC also reported losses from hedging.
-−
 Consequences of subsidies: CPC’s operational losses were SL Rs26 billion (US$0.23 billion) in 2009, SL Rs27 billion (US$0.24 billion) in 2010, and SL Rs94 billion (US$0.85 billion) in 2011, due to provision of heavily subsidized fuel oil to the power sector, price control, and non-payment by several institutions, particularly CEB. SL Rs55 billion (US$480 million) worth of treasury bonds were issued in Jan 2012 to settle outstanding debts owed to CPC by CEB and other state-owned enterprises (source Central Bank of Sri Lanka).
-Information: Historical prices are posted on CPC’s Web site. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka in its reports regularly provides statistics on subsidies.“
+Information: Historical prices are posted on CPC’s Web site. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka in its reports regularly provides statistics on subsidies.
 (Source: Kojima, Masami. (2013, forthcoming). “Petroleum product pricing and complementary policies:Experience of 65 developing countries since 2009.” Washington DC: World Bank.)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Fuel Price Factsheet
 |Fuel Price Country=Sri Lanka
-|Fuel Pricing Policies=There are only two major fuel distribution companies in Sri Lanka: Ceylon Petroleum Company (CPC) and Lanka IOC, a subsidiary of Indian Oil Company.
+|Fuel Pricing Policies=“Pricing policy: Following a balance-of-payment crisis, government adopted a pricing formula, which was abandoned in 2004. The formula was revived in Jul 2007 for two months before it was abandoned again. LPG price increases require prior authorization by Consumer Affairs Authority. Government sets base prices, uniform throughout the country, of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene sold by Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is free to set its prices, but given that CPC controls two thirds of the market and is the price setter, CPC’s prices effectively limit Lanka IOC’s price movement. The VAT on gasoline was reduced from 15% to 5% in Jan 2008 and then increased to 12% in Jan 2009. CPC did not adjust prices in 2010, except that of subsidized fuel oil supplied to Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). CPC froze prices of other fuels between Dec 2009 and April 2011. CPC made only two price adjustments (both increases) in 2011 and two in 2012, the second one of which in Dec involved a price increase only for 90 RON gasoline. Import duties are frequently reduced or waived, particularly on gasoline, to compensate oil companies for losses suffered. Social Responsibility Levy and VAT on gasoline imports were removed in 2010. Government increased the prices of gasoline (by 9%), diesel (37%), kerosene (49%), and fuel oil (80%) in Feb 2012. Although the price of fuel oil sold to CEB was raised by 50% in Feb 2012, it remains subsidized.
-In 2002, Sri Lanka introduces a fuel price formula, updating prices monthly and following international prices. A few years later, this formula was abandoned by a new president. In 2007, the government decided to re-install a fuel price formula (→App. A1). However, also this formula did not last long, being rejected through Sri Lankas Supreme Court in late 2008 (→App. A2, A4).
+Protests: The large price increases in Feb 2012 sparked protests. Some private bus operators stopped operating, and violence broke out when fishermen protested, killing one.
-As of May 2011, still no fuel price formula came into effect again. Prices are set by CPC, in accordance with the government, changing only a few times a year. However, several experts and politicians strongly recommend installing a formula again, to prevent oil companies from having huge losses and also the customers from the intransparent arbitrariness of fuel pricing (→App. A3).
+Social protection: The national poverty alleviation program, Samurdhi, provides a monthly allowance for kerosene to households without electricity, raised from SL Rs 100 (US$0.85) to SL Rs 200 (US$1.71) in February 2012.
-CPC publishes fuel prices incl. historic fuel prices on their website (http://www.ceypetco.gov.lk).
+Compensation: Following a 37% price increase, government in Feb 2012 agreed to provide 50 liters of fuel per day to short-distance buses and 80 liters to long-distance buses at the old diesel price. In addition, SL Rs 1,550 (US$13) will be provided to each short-distance private bus owner and SL Rs 2,480 (US$21) to each long-distance private bus owner. Government also granted per-liter subsidies of SL Rs 25 (US$0.21) and SL Rs 12 (US$0.10) to fishing boats fueled by kerosene and diesel, respectively.
-"Following a balance-of-payment crisis, government adopted a pricing formula, which was abandoned in 2004. The formula was revived in Jul 2007 for two months before it was abandoned again. LPG price increases require prior authorization by Consumer Affairs Authority. Government sets base prices, uniform throughout the country, of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene sold by Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is free to set its prices, but given CPC controls two-thirds of the market and is the price setter, CPC’s prices effectively limit Lanka IOC’s price movement. The VAT on gasoline was reduced from 15% to 5% in Jan 2008 and then increased to 12% in Jan 2009. CPC did not adjust prices in 2010, except subsidized fuel oil to Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB). CPC froze prices of other fuels between Dec 2009 and April 2011. CPC made only two price adjustments in 2011 and one in 2012. Import duties are frequently reduced or waived, particularly on gasoline, to compensate oil companies for losses suffered. Social Responsibility Levy and VAT on gasoline imports were removed in 2010. Prices were raised twice in 2011. Government increased gasoline (by 9%), diesel (31%), and kerosene (49%) prices in Feb 2012, sparking protests. Some private bus operators stopped operating, and violence broke out when fishermen protested, killing one. Although the price of fuel oil sold to CEB was raised by 50% in Feb 2012, it remains subsidized. CPC entered into a series of contracts to hedge a portion of its oil imports beginning in 2007. Hedging proved to be extremely costly when oil prices collapsed in the last few months of 2008, and led the supreme court to order the Treasury to handle fuel imports in between Dec 2008 and Nov 2009. Lanka IOC also reported losses from hedging. The Iranian government granted an interest-free credit facility for 210 days to purchase crude in 2008, and CPC used up to US$1.2 billion and repaid US$0.845 billion by end-2008. CPC’s operational losses were SL Rs26 billion (US$0.23 billion) in 2009, SL Rs27 billion (US$0.24 billion) in 2010, and SL Rs94 billion (US$0.85 billion) in 2011, due to provision of heavily subsidized fuel oil to the power sector, price control, and non-payment by several institutions, particularly CEB. SL Rs55 billion (US$480 million) worth of treasury bonds were issued in Jan 2012 to settle outstanding debts owed to CPC by CEB and other state-owned enterprises. Historical prices are posted on CPC’s Web site." (Source: Kojima, Masami. (2013, forthcoming). “Petroleum product pricing and complementary policies:Experience of 65 developing countries since 2009.” Washington DC: World Bank.)
+Hedging: CPC entered into a series of contracts to hedge a portion of its oil imports beginning in 2007, increasing the amount hedged over time to about one third of oil imports. Lanka IOC also hedged. As long as oil prices were rising, hedging was advantageous, but hedging proved to be extremely costly once oil prices began to crash in the last few months of 2008. In the end, Sri Lanka’s treasury was exposed to about US$464 million in claims from three foreign and two local banks. The perception that the hedging deals were unfairly structured and that the public was being asked to pay for the hedging losses through higher retail prices and not benefiting from falling oil prices rapidly gained wide acceptance, and petitions to that effect were filed. The cabinet appointed a risk management committee to review all hedging contracts and to minimize the losses in Nov 2008. The supreme court ordered a temporary suspension of the CPC chairman and payments to the banks until two petitions, alleging fraud and corruption in the hedging deals, had been dealt with. The supreme court ordered the treasury to handle fuel imports between Dec 2008 and Nov 2009. Lanka IOC also reported losses from hedging.
 |Fuel Currency=LKR
 |Fuel Price Exchange Rate=111.543

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 |Fuel Currency=LKR
 |Fuel Price Exchange Rate=111.543
 |Fuel Price Composition Annotation=No information available.
 |Fuel Pricing Policies=There are only two major fuel distribution companies in Sri Lanka: Ceylon Petroleum Company (CPC) and Lanka IOC, a subsidiary of Indian Oil Company.
@@ Line 13: / Line 10: @@
 As of May 2011, still no fuel price formula came into effect again. Prices are set by CPC, in accordance with the government, changing only a few times a year. However, several experts and politicians strongly recommend installing a formula again, to prevent oil companies from having huge losses and also the customers from the intransparent arbitrariness of fuel pricing (→App. A3).
-CPC publishes fuel prices incl. historic fuel prices on their website (www.ceypetco.gov.lk).
+CPC publishes fuel prices incl. historic fuel prices on their website (http://www.ceypetco.gov.lk).
 No further official information could be found, hints welcome!
 |Fuel Matrix Price Level=2
 |Fuel Transparency Price Composition=1
 |Fuel Transparency Pricing Mechanism=2

← Older revision	Revision as of 10:55, 4 December 2012
(No difference)

← Older revision	Revision as of 17:34, 2 December 2012
(No difference)